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Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - richsc - 12-20-2006
I think the plumbata are vindicated by ending up on the list of worst toys ever. Oops, make that lawn darts:
Toy or weapon?
How many of you have seen all ten of these? How many of you have eliminated a sibling with them?
![[Image: 5053.jpg]](http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5053.jpg)
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - Robert Vermaat - 12-21-2006
Yes - plumbatae rule!!!!
Quote:Sadly, today's underage boys will never know the primal excitement of a summer's evening spent impaling friends before suppertime.Aww, the poor sods.. Well, join the Late Romans and ye shall have yer fun after all! Before suppertime and after! :twisted:
I also want this for my kids - real artillery!
![[Image: JOHNNY-REB-CANNON.jpg]](http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/images/2006/12/JOHNNY-REB-CANNON.jpg)
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - Primvs Pavlvs - 12-21-2006
I had so many of these as a child. We used to sharpen them on my friends bench grinder, and throw them at trees!
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - Arthes - 12-21-2006
Quote:I had so many of these as a child. We used to sharpen them on my friends bench grinder, and throw them at trees!What ..... artillary cannons .......??? :roll: :lol:
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - Steve Schonberger - 12-22-2006
My favorite on the list was the (very un-Roman) Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab. The cloud chamber and Geiger counter both sound like cool gadgets. Unlike the lawn-darts, the kit doesn't probably isn't nearly as dangerous as it sounds, since U-238 is fairly harmless unless it's powdered or burned, then inhaled. I wonder what such a kit would go for on Ebay, if still in working order.
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - aitor iriarte - 12-22-2006
'U-238 is fairly harmless unless it's powdered or burned, then inhaled'
Mmmh, exactly the kind of operations that a kid would perform with it...
Aitor :lol:
darts - Graham Sumner - 12-22-2006
Does that sign mean you must not use the underarm method of throwing?
Graham.
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - Primvs Pavlvs - 12-22-2006
Quote:Primvs Pavlvs:no73mpc4 Wrote:I had so many of these as a child. We used to sharpen them on my friends bench grinder, and throw them at trees!What ..... artillary cannons .......??? :roll: :lol:
Nope no cannons, but I did buy a musket when I was 14, and that uses black powder.
Re: Plumbata vindicated in Lawn Darts - Steve Schonberger - 12-24-2006
A media appearance of a lawn dart:
On tonight's Saturday Night Live rerun, they had a "Redneck Emergency Room" segment (or whatever it's called), which featured a guy with a lawn dart stuck in his head, among the other weird injuries. (I just turned it on to see if they had a new one this week.)